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`IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
`MARSHALL DIVISION
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`AGIS SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT LLC,
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`Plaintiff,
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`v.
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`CIVIL ACTION NO. 2:22-cv-263-JRG
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`SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. and
`SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS AMERICA,
`INC.,
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`JURY TRIAL DEMANDED
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`Defendant.
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`ORDER
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`Before the Court is Defendants Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. and Samsung Electronics
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`America, Inc.’s (collectively, “Samsung”) Motion for Leave to Amend Answer to Add Issue
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`Preclusion Affirmative Defense (the “Motion”). In the Motion, Samsung requests leave to amend
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`its Answer to assert an affirmative defense based on issue preclusion, in view of a Summary
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`Judgment Order issued by the Honorable Judge Beth Labson Freeman in the Northern District of
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`California on October 10, 2023.
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`After considering the Motion, the Court hereby finds the Motion should be and hereby is
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`GRANTED. It is therefore ORDERED that Samsung is granted leave to file an amended Answer
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`adding an affirmative defense based on issue preclusion.
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